US mayor charged over 60s race riot murder

A US mayor has been charged with murdering a black woman during race riots in the 1960s.

US mayor charged over 60s race riot murder
Thu, 17 May, 2001 - 21:00

A US mayor has been charged with murdering a black woman during race riots in the 1960s.

Charlie Robertson, Mayor of York, Pennsylvania, allegedly supplied the bullets used to shoot to death of 27-year-old Lillie Belle Allen in 1969.

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